Though Jeep, Libty is 100% girl car
10-24-2005, 05:14 PM
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Re: Though Jeep, Libty is 100% girl car
"L.W. ("ßill") ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
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: Money can't buy love, but it sure can buy the next best thing. :-)
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There have been times, when the next best thing, was better than the
original.
10-24-2005, 05:14 PM
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Re: Though Jeep, Libty is 100% girl car
"L.W. ("ßill") ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
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: Money can't buy love, but it sure can buy the next best thing. :-)
:
There have been times, when the next best thing, was better than the
original.
10-24-2005, 05:14 PM
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Re: Though Jeep, Libty is 100% girl car
"L.W. ("ßill") ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
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: Money can't buy love, but it sure can buy the next best thing. :-)
:
There have been times, when the next best thing, was better than the
original.
10-24-2005, 05:14 PM
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Re: Though Jeep, Libty is 100% girl car
It was Mercedes that open the door back in about '75 and force the
oil companies to build service stations for them, drive up the product
price.
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
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Bret Ludwig wrote:
>
> It's a fool's errand to argue with Bill, of course. But any others can
> figure that since Mercedes Benz at their peak never sold enough diesel
> cars in a whole year for every car owner on Staten Island to own one,
> the total effect or them on fuel prices was negligible. I'm sure
> Mercedes engines in Carrier and ThermoKing truck reefer units burned
> more diesel than did Mercedes engines in cars.
>
> One of those old pushrod OMs would sure go good in an old flatfender
> though, wouldn't it? And you can get them for a couple hundred bucks.
oil companies to build service stations for them, drive up the product
price.
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Bret Ludwig wrote:
>
> It's a fool's errand to argue with Bill, of course. But any others can
> figure that since Mercedes Benz at their peak never sold enough diesel
> cars in a whole year for every car owner on Staten Island to own one,
> the total effect or them on fuel prices was negligible. I'm sure
> Mercedes engines in Carrier and ThermoKing truck reefer units burned
> more diesel than did Mercedes engines in cars.
>
> One of those old pushrod OMs would sure go good in an old flatfender
> though, wouldn't it? And you can get them for a couple hundred bucks.
10-24-2005, 05:14 PM
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Re: Though Jeep, Libty is 100% girl car
It was Mercedes that open the door back in about '75 and force the
oil companies to build service stations for them, drive up the product
price.
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Bret Ludwig wrote:
>
> It's a fool's errand to argue with Bill, of course. But any others can
> figure that since Mercedes Benz at their peak never sold enough diesel
> cars in a whole year for every car owner on Staten Island to own one,
> the total effect or them on fuel prices was negligible. I'm sure
> Mercedes engines in Carrier and ThermoKing truck reefer units burned
> more diesel than did Mercedes engines in cars.
>
> One of those old pushrod OMs would sure go good in an old flatfender
> though, wouldn't it? And you can get them for a couple hundred bucks.
oil companies to build service stations for them, drive up the product
price.
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Bret Ludwig wrote:
>
> It's a fool's errand to argue with Bill, of course. But any others can
> figure that since Mercedes Benz at their peak never sold enough diesel
> cars in a whole year for every car owner on Staten Island to own one,
> the total effect or them on fuel prices was negligible. I'm sure
> Mercedes engines in Carrier and ThermoKing truck reefer units burned
> more diesel than did Mercedes engines in cars.
>
> One of those old pushrod OMs would sure go good in an old flatfender
> though, wouldn't it? And you can get them for a couple hundred bucks.
10-24-2005, 05:14 PM
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Re: Though Jeep, Libty is 100% girl car
It was Mercedes that open the door back in about '75 and force the
oil companies to build service stations for them, drive up the product
price.
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Bret Ludwig wrote:
>
> It's a fool's errand to argue with Bill, of course. But any others can
> figure that since Mercedes Benz at their peak never sold enough diesel
> cars in a whole year for every car owner on Staten Island to own one,
> the total effect or them on fuel prices was negligible. I'm sure
> Mercedes engines in Carrier and ThermoKing truck reefer units burned
> more diesel than did Mercedes engines in cars.
>
> One of those old pushrod OMs would sure go good in an old flatfender
> though, wouldn't it? And you can get them for a couple hundred bucks.
oil companies to build service stations for them, drive up the product
price.
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Bret Ludwig wrote:
>
> It's a fool's errand to argue with Bill, of course. But any others can
> figure that since Mercedes Benz at their peak never sold enough diesel
> cars in a whole year for every car owner on Staten Island to own one,
> the total effect or them on fuel prices was negligible. I'm sure
> Mercedes engines in Carrier and ThermoKing truck reefer units burned
> more diesel than did Mercedes engines in cars.
>
> One of those old pushrod OMs would sure go good in an old flatfender
> though, wouldn't it? And you can get them for a couple hundred bucks.
10-24-2005, 05:47 PM
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Re: Though Jeep, Libty is 100% girl car
No answer to the question, I see. It's not the Mercedes diesels that
increase the demand so much.
"L.W. ("ßill") ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
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> Geez! I thought you were smarter than that, but then as a bleeding
> heart liberal, you probably think the oil companies are huge profits
> while building supply points for ever Town, ---- and Harry. My four
> hundred gallon tanks meant I could choose which city to fuel in.
> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Matt Macchiarolo wrote:
>>
>> I think his point was, how can a relatively few Mercedes diesels affect
>> the
>> demand when hundreds of thousands of tractors are on the road?
increase the demand so much.
"L.W. ("ßill") ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
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> Geez! I thought you were smarter than that, but then as a bleeding
> heart liberal, you probably think the oil companies are huge profits
> while building supply points for ever Town, ---- and Harry. My four
> hundred gallon tanks meant I could choose which city to fuel in.
> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Matt Macchiarolo wrote:
>>
>> I think his point was, how can a relatively few Mercedes diesels affect
>> the
>> demand when hundreds of thousands of tractors are on the road?
